Saturday Tweets: Flatworms, Potatoes and Old iPhones

...bsession:30 Great Gardeners Reveal Why They Garden http://t.co/HWdz2kl1bx #gardening pic.twitter.com/Exy6qaSnNK — Timber Press (@timberpress) June 26, 2015 Ash-Roasted Potatoes: Remember them in Little House on the Prairie? http://t.co/VAsVnp1mqR #NYTCooking — Root Simple (@rootsimple) June 26, 2015 Ask Obama save the Arctic from Shell, because arctic critters can’t sign petitions. https://t.co/I9TznyE0EK #SaveTheArctic @savethearctic — Root Simpl...

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Happy Holiday Weekend!

...It’s a holiday weekend in the US, meaning that, with the exception of our international readers, few people are checking the blog. You’re either gardening, brewing beer, burning a large effigy in the desert or constructing a giant wall around San Francisco. Down in LA? We’re sleeping with the cats....

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Author William Powers to Speak in Los Angeles

...Slow Food and Slow Money, technology fasts and urban sanctuaries, rooftop gardening and beekeeping. Discovering a colorful cast of New Yorkers attempting to resist the culture of Total Work, Powers offers an inspiring exploration for anyone trying to make urban life more people- and planet-friendly. Skylight Books (a big supporter of our two books, by the way) is located at: 1818 N Vermont Ave Los Angeles, CA A conflicting event will prevent us f...

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UC IPM on Facebook

...sts, we send people to the University of California’s excellent Integrated Pest Management page. Now, UC IPM has a Facebook page. Along with the Garden Professor’s Facebook page, you’ve got pretty much all the social media based gardening information you need. Kelly adds: We’d be remiss if we didn’t also mention the useful and better known, What’s that Bug. But you will need UC IPM if you have too many of one sort of bug and wonder what you can do...

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